NRPC

National Reconciliation andPeace Center

အမ်ဳိးသားျပန္လည္သင့္ျမတ္ေရးႏွင့္ ျငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရးဗဟိုဌာန

SUMMARY

Founded: 11 July, 2016

The President’s Office formed the “National Reconciliation and Peace Center” with therelease of Order 50/2016. The following is the full translation of the Order.MPC – Myanmar Peace Center was replaced NRPC Republic of the Union of MyanmarPresident’s Office Order 50/2016 7th Waxing of Waso, 1378 ME Formation of National Reconciliation and Peace Center In order to set necessary policies and guidelinesfor ensuring the successful implementation of national reconciliation and peace process, theNRPC was formed with 10 members led by Union Minister for the Offi ce of State Counsellor U Kyaw Tint Swe as chairman together with Union Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Ye Aung as vice chairman and Director-General U Maung Maung Tint of Planning Department of the Ministry of Planning and Finance as secretary.

Functions and duties of the National Reconciliation and Peace Center are as follows:-(a) to set policies and guidelines needed for national reconciliation process,(b) to set policies and guidelines needed for internal peace process,(c) to set policies for coordination with local and foreign donors, governments, internationalnongovernmental organizations and international institutions regarding assistance to national reconciliation and peace processes,(d) to lead and lay down guidelines paving the way to participation of the government, Hluttaw, Tatmadaw, ethnic organizations and ethnic armed groups, civil society organizations, international community and donors and local and foreign experts from various sectors in national reconciliation and peace processes,(e) to seek ways and means for turning the Republic of the Union of Myanmar into a Democratic Federal Union, and(f) to release procedures and directives needed for implementation of functions of the National Reconciliation and Peace Center-NRPC.3. The NRPC shall form and appoint technical board and support team in order to ensure successful implementation of national reconciliation and peace processes in accord with rules and regulations.